both in prime minister's netanyahu's considerations. when you talk about prime minister benjamin netanyahu, you have to start with the departure point. it's a consensual issue. most support an unified jerusalem as capitol of the jewish state, and so on. now these recent moves that we've seen in recent weeks of different members of attempts going on temple mount they are clearly politically motivated. the different statements coming out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu are also politically motivated. it's not that things have changed overnight. there has not been a change on the ground. and these are pretty much have to do with the fact that netanyahu is right now involved in a competition or trying to get--to stop the spilling over of voters from the jewish home party to netanyahu's party, and in this way by posturing as more right winged than he usually is, that's when things can get-- >> thank you all. happy thanksgiving. that brings us to the end of inside story. i'm ray suarez. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> from al j

both in prime minister's netanyahu's considerations. when you talk about prime minister benjamin netanyahu, you have to start with the departure point. it's a consensual issue. most support an unified jerusalem as capitol of the jewish state, and so on. now these recent moves that we've seen in recent weeks of different members of attempts going on temple mount they are clearly politically motivated. the different statements coming out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu are also politically motivated. it's not that things have changed overnight. there has not been a change on the ground. and these are pretty much have to do with the fact that netanyahu is right now involved in a competition or trying to get--to stop the spilling over of voters from the jewish home party to netanyahu's party, and in this way by posturing as more right winged than he usually is, that's when things can get-- >> thank you all. happy thanksgiving. that brings us to the end of inside story. i'm ray suarez. >> on "america tonight": moving beyond ferguson. pr

both in prime minister's netanyahu's considerations. when you talk about prime minister benjamin netanyahu, you have to start with the departure point. it's a consensual issue. most support an unified jerusalem as capitol of the jewish state, and so on. now these recent moves that we've seen in recent weeks of different members of attempts going on temple mount they are clearly politically motivated. the different statements coming out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu are also politically motivated. it's not that things have changed overnight. there has not been a change on the ground. and these are pretty much have to do with the fact that netanyahu is right now involved in a competition or trying to get--to stop the spilling over of voters from the jewish home party to netanyahu's party, and in this way by posturing as more right winged than he usually is, that's when things can get-- >> thank you all. happy thanksgiving. that brings us to the end of inside story. i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern on al jazeera ame

binyamin netanyahu, if he wants a jewish state to be sustained much. he should worry about how to make sure that the israelies will have sustainable jewish majority to maintain the democratic nature, and to be able to do so, he must focus on a 2-state solution. that is the only way to ensure israel its national identity as a jewish state. >> thank you both for talk with us. i am sure we'll call on you again >>> the u.s. and allies launched a new round of air strikes in the fight against i.s.i.l. they were aimed at factories in kobane. it's been a centrepiece in the battle against i.s.i.l. kurdish peshawar fighters and syrian fighters have been on the ground defending the town. i.s.i.l. has been trying to take control for more than two months, driving thousands of civilians into turkey. fighters and the iraqi government are asking washington for more help. we have more from baghdad. >> reporter: the aftermath of air strikes targetting fighters in the central city of heet. buildings have been destroyed and eight civilians killed, including women and chil

binyamin netanyahu says it's a necessary deterrent. critical it collective punishment >>> this is the home of a man who rammed his car into a light railway station a few weeks ago. a woman and child were killed, and now israeli forces demolished his home. >> this is collective punishment. you cannot punish the whole family for the actions of an individual. the situation is getting worse. we have no hope. >> this is the inside of the family room. israeli forces removed the rest of the families living inside the apartment blocks before exploding this flat, leaving it in rubble. the israeli prime minister made it clear those attacking israelis will have their homes demolished. binyamin netanyahu says it will be a deterrent. >> as a nation we'll settle the score with every terrorist. we proved we'll do so. some want to uproad us, they will not succeed. we are in a battle or jerusalem. >> reporter: it is a bitterly intensive capital. there was an attack on a synagogue killing five. two palestinians entered the place of worship with an axe,

and they are asking netanyahu to put an end to israeli settlement in the east bank and west jerusalem and let me add a point further the european union is discussing to pass a resolution to boycott israel and boycott israeli settlement if israel does not put an end to the settlement expansion in the west bank and east jerusalem right now. >> increased pressure on israel indeed and thank you for speaking to us from the university in gaza. thank you. turning to the news and protesters held firebombs in a mexican city. protesters were demanding justice for 43 missing trainee teachers and disappeared in late september in the state south of the capitol. a local mayor, police and local drug gangs accused in being involved in their disappearance. and rob reynolds reports about a community that had to leave because a gang moved in. >> reporter: this is one of mexico's fore sake enplaces. 80 families live peacefully in laguna until last january when members of a violent drug gang came to town and soon killing started. this woman the village store keeper is one of the few people who remain in l

and now what we're seeing is netanyahu insisting that he wants to progress this. not only that, the whole mood here, this is a city that is not a stranger to violence and fear, but it's reaching a new depth now. a really depressing atmosphere on the streets, lauren. >> andrew, in the meantime time more news of the israeli settlements being built or homes being built. what can you tell bus that? >> that's right. the municipal council here in east jerusalem has announced that it finally approved another 78 housing units in occupied east jerusalem. now this is obviously not helping a very tense situation in which palestinians are literally frightened to drive out at night now because of the situation where they're perceived to be possibly going to drive their vehicle at a crowd. this is a whole new depth, as i said earlier, of fear. people looking several times before they cross the road, worried that a car might be driven at them. this is the depth we're at now here. a real sense of desperation on the part of the palestinians, and a sense of fear amongst israelis no

secretary kerry has spoken to prime minister netanyahu. tragically, this is not the first loss of life that we have seen in recent months. too many israelis have died, too many palestinians have died. at this difficult time, i think it's important for both palestinians and israelis to try to work together to lower tensio tensions. >> reporter: also pointing out at the end of that brief statement to reporters that there is a great importance of isolating extremists and underscoring what he said at the end, the majority of israelis and palestinians want peace. >> joe johns live at the white house, thank you for that. deb feyerick as well in new york and ben wedeman. thank you to all three of you. we are expecting to hear from the israeli prime minister i am not sure, benjamin netanyahu will take to the mikes at 12:30 eastern time. we'll bring it to you as soon as he begins to speak. >>> also coming up, we'll talk more about this horrific attack, we'll take you to israel and speak with a spokesman from the government, exactly what it means wh

binyamin netanyahu says these houses will be destroyed next. they are members of the family, they gather to mourn the teeth of udayy jamal and his cousin. >> we pray they don't demolish our house, but if they do, what can we say. >> reporter: the demolition of homes has been a policies since 1967, and is to serve as a deterrent. in 2005 the policy was scrapped after a review deemed it count productive. prime minister binyamin netanyahu brought it back this year after three set letters were killed in the occupied west bank. >> binyamin netanyahu, when he spoke last night, spoke about such measures taken in order to try to restore deterrence. palestinians and human rights groups say the policy amounts to collective punishments and insights anger. the israeli government didn't use it as a punishment for nine years, close to 2,000 homes were dell mollished in that time. the official reason was because palestinian owners did not have the proper building permits. many say it was a form of punishment. in this latest round of demolitions, it will do li

netanyahu's larger party and as a result, we are perhaps seeing mr. netanyahu trying to do what he can to ensure that that coalition stays together as we enter what most observers believe is an election period. many believe that we can see an election within the next six to 12 months. mr. netanyahu is no doubt keenly aware of that and again, some are suggesting that his support for this bill and, indeed, his pushing this bill is directly related to his political futures. >> in another development, an israeli border patrol soldier has been charged with manslaughter for killing a palestinian protester in may. prosecute say they switched the non-lethal rebel bullets with a life round and shot the boy in the chest. the officer was arrested earlier this month. security camera footage shows the boy posed no immediate threat standing about 65 meters away from the troops. he job description president has told an it atian newspaper egypt would be ready to help secure a future palestinian state by sending in troops to help local police. he script, which shares

ne netanyahu is no doubt key aware of that. and, again, some are suggesting that his support for this bill and indeed his pushing this bill is directly related to his political futures. >>> an israel i border patrol soldier has been charged with manslaughter over the death i've teenage palestinian protester in may they say he deliberately switched his rubber bullets with live rounds and shot him in the chest. security cameras show the boy pose today threat standing sick five meters away from the tops. >>> the palestinian health ministry says they shot at a palestinian in gaza on sunday. israel has not comment odd the matter. the ministry says the 32-year-old was shoddies o shote refugees camp. within of his relatives says that he was hunting for birds to sale at market. it's the first death since the 50-day conflict ended in august there. >>> relatives of the kenyan bus passengerrers killed by al-shabab fight ores saturday have been identifying their bodies. families of the 20 a victims received counsel will go at the morgue. t

we heard from netanyahu who is talking specifically about something israel does. this policy of demolishing the terrorists' homes. why do this? >> this is a policy that was instituted, actually, by the british during the british mandate period. and it's for one to punish the families of people involved in violence. and as officials will tell you, it's a deterrent that there is a price to pay for tleez attacks. and they say in this instance, they're going to demolish the houses of the two palestinian assailants. and it may become a much more commonly implemented policy in an attempt, as i said. and israeli officials are saying to deter further attacks. brooke? >> okay. ben wedeman, thank you so much. in jerusalem, after 10:30 your time in the evening. could america change its policy on negotiating with terrorists. the white house is reviewing the rules as isis has now executed yet another american. one question many have asked, should ransoms be paid? >>> plus, a beauty queen and her sister went to a party last week and then disappeared. while the biggest day of he

to get back to your question, binyamin netanyahu is under pressure from the right and has been since becoming prime minister, and in the wake of the summer campaign in gaza, which many right wing politicians felt that the government did not go far enough against hamas forces in gaza, and he is facing challenges from within his own party in the next few hours there'll be a big convention, where binyamin netanyahu will be - you may find this strange, but be criticized for being too soft towards the israeli arabs and the palestinians who have been riding in the past few weeks. >> what is interesting is that binyamin netanyahu is the face of the contention. the guys do not care tore each other -- care for each other. mahmoud abbas called the shutting of the temple an act of war. are these the right guys to call for the de-escalation? >> we don't have any other guys. these are the guys elected on both sides. that's who we have to deal with. >> what about the united states? >> first of all, i think we have to, you know, take into account that mahmoud abbas has his own political situations,

benjamin netanyahu addressing israel right now. and the world. those are live pictures you are looking at here to follow and watch and see if news is made. speaking about the rampage in the synagogue in west jerusalem. two attackers stormed in carrying a gun, knives, axes. this all happening during morning prayers. eyewitnesss looked on in horror. >> we came to pray this morning and we were coming into the synagogue. we heard gunshots from downstairs and then a flurry of shots. >> the four men murdered were all rabbis. the attackers were killed in a gun battle with police. they have been identified as palestinian cousins from east jerusalem. back here in the u.s., get this. 100 different records for coldest temperatures this day of the year broken this morning. freezing temp turks are hitting all 50 states and in hawaii only on the tops of the volcoe

i mean, also bebe netanyahu is not chicken in any sense of the problem. he's a little too strong for the white house's language -- for what it wants. >> no question. okay, well, thank you, david gergen. bob, stay with us. we'll be right back. >> thank you. thanks, deb. >>> and as i said yesterday, u.s./israel -- we want to talk to you, excuse me, about this interesting idea. will assassinating the leader of isis bring the terror group to its knees? how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ not to be focusing, again, on my moderate my goal was to finally get in shape. to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i finally made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of infl

binyamin netanyahu ordered several palestinian homes to be demolished. >> as a nation we will settle the score with every terrorist. there are some that want to uproot us from our states and capitals. they will not succeed. we are in a battle over jerusalem. >> jerusalem witnessed a state of violence partly over contested holy site. it's created security challenge, and one to the overall negotiating efforts. >> we are against the killing of innocent people, being palestinians, israelis. it doesn't matter. this is not helpful for, you know, the peace process, and for, you know, trying to de-escalate the situation and the tension in jerusalem. israeli palestinian leaders tried to find the solution at the table. the conflict continues to play out on the streets, with both sides suffering losses. >>> now, stephanie dekker joins us from occupied east jerusalem. i understand where you are is where israel has resumed the controversial policy of house demolitions. >> that's right. it's the apartment just behind me. you can probably see it up there, it's the fourth floor. this is the home of

binyamin netanyahu has been talking about this, and some of his coalition measures for some time. my problem with that is that to keep israel a jewish state per se is not enough to pass laws. what you need, excuse me is sustainable jewish majority, and unless israel decided to have 2-state solution, and begin this process, israel as a jewish state will be undermined one way or the other. >> the cabinet voted 14 to 6 to allow the government to draft a law defining israel as the jewish home. president obama rallies support for a new immigration plan. the president says it's better than doing nothing whilst waiting for congress to act. president obama criticized house republicans for threatening to shut down congress. >> one of the things we have seen in congress since house republicans took over, is that everything becomes hostage to one disagreement. so a couple of years ago it's obama care. the affordable care act, and they decided we are going to shut down the government because we disagree with this one law. >> shame on us as republicans for having a body that cannot generate a

>> binyamin netanyahu is desperate, basically. he is seeing boycott, divestment, movement in the european capital for recognition of palestine as a state in the west bank and gaza, including jerusalem. so he doesn't know what to do, so he has accelerated his policy in jerusalem, because he knows jerusalem is a hot-button issue. it's holy to three main religions, and he knows by accelerating his actions in jerusalem, trespassing on the holy sites like al-aqsa, and the mosques and the church of the sibual ka and so forth, he would ignite a religious war, basically, and maybe he will succeed in igniting a religious war, i don't know. but general his path is destructive, and it will not be destructive just for the palestinians, it will end up being destructive for all of us, israelis and palestinians. >> thank you for your thoughts on that one. >> spain's parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognising palestine as a state. the resolution is non-binding and is seen as symbolic. it signals a growing change in attitude in europ

superintendent, what action is prime minister netanyahu taking? there were several decisions that were made this afternoon and this evening based on the decisions, the israeli police will continue to heighten security in different parts of jerusalem in order to prevent any further terrorists attacks from taking place. over the last few weeks we have seen constant insightment from palestinian authorities and palestinian media quoting uponçÑs fanatics and museum to carry out attacks inside jerusalem. and police units will continue to work and find potential terrorists and prevent future terrorist attacks from taking place in jerusalem with emphasis on jerusalem, that's our main priority at the moment. after this morning's deadly attack inside a synagogue where four rabbis killed and this evening police officer shot. died from his$úap wounds in the hospital here in jerusalem. >> superintendent, as i underse,u+ it, there were two men who initiated this attack. but that the way that prime minister is looking at this far broader that this includes h

he also mentioned the secretary of state has spoke within benjamin netanyahu. john kerry for his part calls the attack an act of pure terror and senseless brutality and murder. >>> right now we want to turn to a head-scratcher. we've seen this situation play out a few times here now. a young american woman under arrest at this hour after claiming that she is a recruiter for isis. heather kaufman 1 her name. she is charged with lying about ties to her terror group. deborah feyerick is here with me now. i think this mystifies so many people. what more do we know about this young woman. >> she's 29 years old. it's interesting, she's charged with making false statements that promote international terrorism. and so she may have exaggerated her actual ties to isis, but 29-year-old heather kaufman lives in enrico county, virginia. according to a criminal complaint, she describes herself almost as a recruiter, telling an undercover fbi agent she's able to arrange travel to turkey so a wannabe jihadi can meet with isis facilitators and she describes the facilitators as

benjamin netanyahu is about to join the network for a press conference. as you probably are aware, four worshipers war killed in a terrorist attack in a jerusalem synagogue, two of them killed by israeli police, netanyahu has pledged a heavy handed response to the attacks. hamas is hailing it. a bash is condemning it. we are going to join with netanyahu speaking about the incident. >> speedy recovery to the injuried and the policeman who thanks to them, prevented a greate greater -- this attack was done in cruelty. fence the people of israel and against the state. hamas the islamic and the palestinians have no end to the terror against the safe of israel. they say that the injuries are trying to get on to the temple mount, and to destroy the places of prayer. this is a lie and the lays have already paid a heavy price. they have taken a life, a three-month-old baby. a baby who went to the western wall with her parents. for the time. they have taken the lives of who will always be remembered. and the girl now and al the soldier all of them are pure souls. a

>> first of all, we have heard from you prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, today. he blamed the palestinian authority leadership for inciting violence. he said it was an attempt to kick israel out, and he says israel will fight against what he called "this insight meant," and he invited anyone demonstrating against israel to go and live there. over the weekend, netanyahu said he would try to revoke the citizenship of demonstrators. and israeli security forces have stepped up their a rest's of hamas and other activists to clamp down on the wave of protests spreading across the country. and the foreign minister, victor lieberman, he said in any future peace deals, areas with large arab populations should be transferred to palestinian control. a very fierce response today. >> what are people saying where you are? are the concerns that these attacks could signal a new intifada, a third intifada is approaching? >> that is very much the concern now. there is the fear these four months of protest could escalate into something very long-term and even more serious. >> matth

that's what the secretary of state john kerry, when he talked to binyamin netanyahu - both - i don't think they are interested in war. it's possible there's no possibility of achieving war because the sides are not ready for that, they are going in the opposite direction. >> we ask this question - what happens next. based on what happens in the last seven months, there's increasing tension, right. >> the situation is more and more incendiary. the israelis are worried tomorrow there may be an attempt at retaliation. i don't see exactly how be get out of the spiralling cycle of violence now. and the only thing is that there's an ebb and flow. the sides are tired and they go back to sulking in the corner, awaiting the next round. >> i want to recommend to the viewers the piece in herets written, a powerful and personal piece. thank you for talking to us. >>> home, a big set back in the push for the keystone xl. tonight the senate voted against building it. leaving the future uncertain as ever. >> the 60 vote threshold has not been achieved. the bill is not passed. >> reporter: after deb

secretary kerry has spoken to prime minister netanyahu. president abbas has strongly condemned the attacks. too many israelis have died, too many palestinians have died. and at this difficult time i think it's important for both palestinians and israelis to try to work together to lower tensions and to reject violence. israelis overwhelmingly want peace. the united states wants to work with all parties involved to make that a reality. >> joining me marc thiessen, an american enterprise fellow and a former presidential speech writer. good to see you. was that outrage? >> yeah, first of all, it's sad that prime minister netanyahu has to ask the world for outrage. it should be automatic that there's outrage in the world. the fact that he has to go out and say i want condemnation, i want outrage, just shows how off the world is when it comes to these kinds of things. three of the people who were killed were american citizens. this is not just a terrorist attack against israel, this is against the united states. this is no different than the is

benjamin netanyahu's chief intelligence officer is saying that, in fact, the two factors responsible for the latest wave of attacks are by members of the right wing -- the outbox a compound is a very sensitive ashley al-aqsa -- the al-aqsa compound is a very sensitive site. there was also the murder of a palestinian youth. there's quite a bit of dissent between the intelligence chief and the israeli prime minister who commented later and said that mahmoud abbas is not directly responsible, but there is incitement inside the palestinian authority, according to israeli premier benjamin netanyahu, who added that there is no gap between him and his chief intelligence officer. >> thank you so much for that gallagher fenwick -- for that, gallagher fenwick. in spain, parliament has overwhelmingly improved -- approved to recognize a palestinian state. the nonbinding resolution follows the move of other european nations. it is meant to up international pressure for ending the conflict. the country swears in a transitional president, now steered with -- now tasked with steering the nation to e

secretary kerry has spoken to prime minister netanyahu. president abbas has stronglgly condemned the attacks. too many israelis have died, too many palestinians have died. and at this difficult time i think it's important for both palestinians and israelis to try to work together to lower tensions and to reject violence. israelis overwhelmingly want peace. the united states wants to work with all parties involved to make that a reality. >> joining me marc thiessen, an american enterprise fellow and a former presidential speech writer. good to see you. was that outrage? >> yeah, first of all, it's sad that prime minister netanyahu has to ask the world for outrage. it should be automatic that there's outrage in the world. the fact that he has to go out and say i want condemnation, i want outrage, just shows how off the world is when it comes to these kinds of things. three of the people who were killed were american citizens. this is not just a terrorist attack against israel, this is against the united states. this is no different than the

we have heard from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu issuing this forceful response. >> translator: i decided this evening to demolish the homes of the terrorists that committed this massacre and to accelerate the -- previous terrorists and to enforce law. to make punishment more severe and to outlaw all sorts of organizations. and i also gave the orders to increase security in jerusalem. yes, there are defense activities that we do. calling upon you to, please, be awake, be alert, abide by the law. we will pay all those terrorists and those who have sent them. we have proven to be able to do so. nobody, nobody must take the law into his or her hands. >> again, the prime minister speaking just a little while ago. as we mentioned, that attack happening in west jerusalem and the two attackers both killed by police in a shootout were living in east jerusalem. neither was known to having deep political ties and no group has credibly claimed to have sent them to that synagogue early this morning. let's go to our senior international correspondent who is there, ben wedeman in jerusalem.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said these houses will be destroyed next. they belong to members of the family who's members gather inside to mourn the deaths. the two men were shot dead after attacking police in a synagog. the mother is worried. >> we pray the israelis don't demolish our house, but what can we say? what can we do? >> the demolitions are palestinian homes has been an israeli government policy since 1967. it's intended to serve as a deterrent. kill israeli civilians and you will lose your house. in 2005, the policy was scrapped after an internal government review deemed it counter productive. the prime benjamin netanyahu brought it back earlier this year after three young settlers were killed in the occupied west bank. >> netanyahu when he spoke last night, he spoke about such measures being taken in order to try to restore deter other than thes. >> palestinians and human rights group say the policy amounts to collective punishment and incites further anger. it's also illegal under international law. although the israeli government didn't us

benjamin netanyahu is actively watching along with the rest of the world. the u.s. is approaching the -- netanyahu is telling the united states not to give away too much to tehran, warning repercussions would threaten all of humanity. >> i think the key principle is this, don't dismantle sanctions before you gudismantle iran's capacity to make a nuclear bomb. if for any reason the united states and the other powers agree to leave iran with that capacity to break out, i think that would be a historic mistake. >> secretary of state john kerry met with iran's foreign minutestminute st minister again today. >> reporter: the secretary talking late into the evening into his european counterpart about how to save the day tomorrow. before heading into that gathering the british prime minister josaid that the deal i really down to the wire. >> for the moment, we're down to the wire, a big push tomorrow morning to try and get this across the line. again if we're not able to do it, we'll look at where we go from there. at but at the moment, everyone is looking at how to try to

binyamin netanyahu urged everyone not to take the law into their hands. contrast that after three israeli teenagers were abducted and murdered. he said "may god avenge their blood. >> jewish extremists burnt alive a palestinian extremist. binyamin netanyahu and leaders hope that the cycle of violence does not spiral further out of control. tension in the city is running high. >> that's nick schifrin in jerusalem. alan pinkess served as the consule general in new york, and woke up early to join us from tel aviv. we have a long satellite delay. thank you for joining us. let me ask you off the top - how does this violence of the synagogue, this brutal attack, compared to other incidents of violence? >> every brutal attack, john, has, you know, its unique characteristics. on the one hand it's no worse than slaughtering children in a pizza parlour or exploding in a bus. on the other hand images of people praying or being slaughtered with knives and guns in the synagogue is disturbing. every attack, every terror incident has its own unique negative imaging and

is this a win for prime minister netanyahu, a strong gop supporter? >> israel has very good relations with members of congress on both sides of the aisle. the irony here john is that the strategic relationship between the united states and israel has never been stronger. obviously there is tension in the political relationship between netanyahu and obama. but for netanyahu to change that dynamic, he's going to have to wait a couple of years. >> right, but the prime minister described the outcome of this election before republicans won, he said the outcome of this election could help determine the future of israel. what does he mean by that? >> well, obviously, congress will bend over backwards to increase its support for israel. but the reality is that i'm not sure the administration's necessarily going to get tougher on israel because right now there really is not a dynamic between obama and netanyahu. nor is there a dynamic between netanyahu and abu massin that gives you confidence that the obama administration is going to take one more run at middl

. >> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is urging world leaders not to fund a bad deal with iran, saying an agreement between them would threaten the entire world. >> translation: we are monitoring the development of these talks with vigilance and worry, following closely, in close consultations with representatives of the other powers, and present an adamant position saying that iran must not be allowed to set up as a nuclear threshold state. >> we'll discuss the progress of the talks and what is at stake in the weeks ahead. >> today, israel, the prime minister's cabinet approved a bill defining israel as the nation state of the jewish people. the proposal needs to be passed. and is likely to inflame tensions. we have this report from jerusalem. >> the approval of the bill by the israeli cabinet takes it to parliament or the knesset, where it will be debated by lawmakers. the bill is controversial, critics say it will change the nature of the current legal system of israel. and the attorney-general has attacked the bill saying it it threatens israel's democracy, and you have tho

this administration believes that netanyahu is actually put this in more diplomatic way. is a general feeling that he doesn't take risks for peace, he doesn't do what he needs to do to solve the middle east crisis. for his part, netanyahu believes that this administration doesn't understand the middle east. it's as simple as that. one leans liberal, the other is conservative. dispositions are different and so they have a very dysfunctional relationship going to be very interesting and tense to watch as they move to the iran talks how it's going to go. >> schieffer: jerry, we saw this hideous video this morning, this is the worst of the worst. this seems to me that the war on terrorism is a long way from being over. you heard mitt romney say we should keep on the table the idea of putting american troops back in to iraq. is this administration, where do you think they are? >> it's interesting because president obama talking today before he leftish radio to -- asia of a actually left the door open a little crack on that question of u.s. troops on the ground. there are going

. >> professor, i know you know bb net tin netanyahu. there is a story where a white house staffer referred to netanyahu as chicken bleb or chicken [bleep]. i did the bleep first. what do you make of this story? is it a big deal? >> they have classified intelligence assessments. we think he is bluffing on iran. he is bluffing on iran. 9 last thing anyone should say is that he is bluffing. so that white house statement makes it more likely than iran developing nuclear weapons. as far as the chicken stuff i have known him since he was 23 years old. he rescued hostages and went in against terrorists. he lost his brother freeing people. how dare some arrogant young man in the safety of the white house call him chicken? what would that guy do if you were confronted with what israel was confronted with? >> the white house is not that safe. >> they call him -- i guess it is bleep we have to say? >> you have it backwards. >> but they called him that for not bombing iran. and that is our policy. we don't want them to bomb iran. so they are callin

a recent stable was made by netanyahu who said we will keep permanent perpetual security and troll of these territories. he basically said, no state, no sovereignty, no independence. you can talk as long as you want, but you will never get an end to occupation. something has to give here. i agree with amira hass, i think the people are afraid. they are afraid of israeli which a liÈge in an afraid of the security cooperation between the palestinian authority, which helps the israelis hold him down, and israel. i'm not sure that is where we are going. sadly, we may be going to more horrible grant -- random acts of violence and gives without leadership in various parts of the west bank and jerusalem. >> is there something shifting here from a palestinian public to in israeli perhaps jewish muslim conflict, which certainly involves many more people than just in that area? >> this is grist for the mill them at people who want to turn it into a religious conflict. there certain people on the israeli side and palestinian side, but in the broader arab-muslim world, i mean, this group in sina

netanyahu says the status quo won't change. palestinians are using the controversy to justify attacks. in jerusalem they're suffering. in october two separate incidents. palestinian drivers rammed pedestrians in central jerusalem killing a total of four people including 3-month- old baby. question, has the violence in jerusalem crossed a new threshold, mort suckerman. >> absolutely outrageous and horrible attack on the people in prayer. a number of rabbis were killed as well and this was just an absolute massacre of innocent people. and that has so dramatically escalated the tension between the arab communities and the jewish communities there. that we're going to see a lot of fallout from this over a long period of time. >> the attacks are targeting the religion and not just the israeli state. is that true? >> no. that's not. unless certainly -- the israeli state which was founded as a practical matter provide a home for the jews after what happened to them. but israeli state is israeli state. he brew is their regular language

netanyahu's larger likhud party and as a result, we are perhaps seeing mr. netanyahu trying to do what he can to ensure that that coalition stays together as we enter what most observers believe is an election period. many believe that we can see an election within the next six to 12 months. mr. netanyahu, who is no doubt keenly aware of that and some are suggesting that his support for this bill and, indeed, his pushing this bill is directly related to his political future. >> in another development, an israeli boarder patrol soldier has been charge with manslaughter for killing a protester in may. prosecute orders say the officer deliberately switched his non-lethal rubber bullets with a live round and then shot the boy in the chest. the officer was arrested earlier this month. security camera footage shows the boy posed no 65 meters. >>> still to come in this uses in hour, signs of a growing divide between yemen shia and sunni muslims in an oil-rich province plus terror. >> i am jessica baldwin where researchers are asking citizens to help save the pengui

whatever the case prime minister benjamin netanyahu has bought time to get more support of the bill t of how the state should be defined. >> allegations of gang rape have led to fraternities and other organizations to be suspended. it comes a a dispute, and the school's governing body will meet to determine how to move forward. >> reporter: founded by thomas jefferson, uva is one of the nation's top ranked university steeped in tradition with an honor code that for bids lying, cheating and stealing, but the "rolling stone" article paints a very different picture of the prestigious public university. reporting that drinking is widespread and sexual assault far too common, especially at fraternity parties. the author told al jazeera that the school was uncooperative and would not allow her access to key administrators. >> i think they've known for a long time that a great harm was done to this particular student and many students. they're only taking action now because there has been a great harm done to its reputation, and it's always been paramount to them. >> the article talks of pro

binyamin netanyahu hit back blaming mahmoud abbas. >> translation: these steps include reenforsments of forces on the ground across the country to ensure your safety. demolition of attackers homes a firstly hand. fire crackers and all kinds of petrol bombs, finding the parents of a stone-throwing, steps. >> joining us to discuss the recent violence, our ambassador, former israeli consule general and advisor to israeli's mabar abbing, and an executive director of the jerusalem fund joins us. it is good to have you with us. youcef - after prime minister binyamin netanyahu spoke on tuesday, you tweeted sarcastically "sure to fix things", i assume you think he's fanning the flames. >> obviously. the reason you are seeing what you are seeing today is because of a problem that lies at the foundation of all of this, and that is the ongoing israeli occupation of palestinian territory. the denial of self-discrimination of palestinians, and the situation that palestinians have been dealing with for the past 66 years. so the - you know, the israeli prime minister's plan is to respond to the act

>> well, i think prime minister netanyahu spoke very forcefully on this, and i agree with him. this kind of action, killing innocent worshippers in a synagogue making literally a river of blood flow through the synagogue is outragerous, we should be hearing more international condemnation of this, and i think israel needs to take a forceful response at this point. lou: how about allies, whether united states or europe? what should be the response of nations concerned for the state of israel? >> well, the first and most important thing we can do is to make sure, lou, that iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. i hope we're not going to cut a deal that in some way creates a path to a nuclear device for iran. that's job one of the of israel. job two is to support them politically in all of the fora around the world, and job three is to partner with their military in terms of information, intelligence sharing, logistics, weapons, technology, the things we do today because the united states does generally stand with israel. we need to be with him at this very difficult time. lou: ad

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now joins us from jerusalem, thank you for coming. another of these hideous videos, another execution. are we losing this war with isis? >> no, i think you're fully engaged in it. we see these horrors, this atrocity the people of israel are with you we're with the family, we're with all the american people who understand that we're up against. we support you in this battle. support president obama in leading this coalition. it has to be fought isis, has to be defeated and it can be defeated. >> schieffer: last time we talked you said that us rewas a was ready to help in any way possible you did not go beyond that. are you going to take -- is israel going to take more active role in this fight against isis? >> we're fully coordinated with the united states, we exchange all information that needs to be exchanged. i really don't want to go beyond that. i will say i think we have a global conflict here. basically the middle east is awash with militant dissidents. led by al qaeda and the isis on the sunni side the militant is led by iran a

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered authorities to destroy the killers' homes and is promising tougher action to stop palestinian attacks. israeli security forces demolished the house of a palestinian who killed a woman and american baby when he rammed his car into a train station last month. tensions are high across the region with palestinians and israelis fighting over access to the temple mount, a sacred religious site. alfonso van marsh, cbs news. >>> in this country police say they arrest add suspect for pushing -- arrested a suspect for pushing a man to his death at a new york subway train.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now joins us from jerusalem, thank you for coming. another of these hideous videos, another execution. are we losing this war with isis? >> no, i think you're fully engaged in it. we see these horrors, this atrocity the people of israel are with you, we're with the family, we're with all the american people who understand that we're up against. we support you in this battle. support president obama in leading this coalition. it has to be fought, isis, has to be defeated and it can be defeated. >> schieffer: last time we talked you said that us rewas a was ready to help in any way possible you did not go beyond that. are you going to take -- is israel going to take more active role in this fight against isis? >> we're fully coordinated with the united states, we exchange all information that needs to be exchanged. i really don't want to go beyond that. i will say i think we have a global conflict here. basically the middle east is awash with militant dissidents. led by al qaeda and the isis on the sunni side, the militant is led by ira

netanyahu larger l hulechud party. an election period, many feel we'll see an election in the next six to 12 months. mr. netanyahu is keenly aware of that and some are suggesting his support of this bill and indeed his pushing this bill is directly related to his political future. >> if you live in an area that typically floods or has flooded, or if you live near that area, prepare to evacuate for a flood situation. >> new fears in buffalo, new york today as the city braces for potential flooding. buffalo was hit with nearly seven feet of snow this past week. now residents are anticipating rainfall, and higher temperatures. concerns of huge snow melt before the city can dig itself out. kristin dahlgren reports. >> there's no relief, there's no time. days after the early season snow storm roofs are caving under the weight. >> 20 years gone in four days. >> george already lost one of his industrial warehouses. the second is on the verge of collapse. >> we're working our butts off to keep the snow away, but we didn't even

secretary of skate john kerry and the last-minute addition is benjamin netanyahu. the aim of this rigorous diplomacy was to put an end to recent fighting between israelis and palestinians over israel's actions at the al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem. >> i thought it was clear from this evening's conversations and prior conversations which is why the prime minister traveled over here. that he has deep concerns, as everybody does. about the -- about what has been going on in the rise of violence. >> reporter: last week jordan recalmed its ambassador to israel angrily and the jordanian foreign minister said that was the right thing to do. >> as you know there are several diplomatic options available to any country troy protest something that they feel very strongly about. one of those is to recall the ambassador for consultation. this was a very clear signal to israel that what has been happening in the al-aqsa mosque compounds. particularly over the last few weeks is not acceptable to jordan as custodian. not acceptable to 1.5 billion muslims. >> reporter: the first concr

we heard speeches and by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that have been very strong. the rhetoric has been strong and barbed and aimed at each other to religious sites and rising of tensions about access to the sites in jerusalem. secretary kerry will want to try to find a way to bring the rhetoric down in the hope that will ease some of the tensions on the ground here. those tensions are fueled by the fact that the israeli prime minister has said in the past to the united states and everyone else, israel should have the right to build where it wants in jerusalem. so that, again, will be something that will undoubtedly come up in discussions. as for the u.n. commission planning and hoping to come to israel to investigate the 2,000 deaths in the gaza conflict over the 50 days in summer, the israeli position on that, the foreign ministry here tells us they believe this commission is biassed and unprofessional. they believe it is unprofessi unprofessional because the commissioner appointed by the u.n. has a historical track record of making what they say are outrageous s

and netanyahu doesn't have any answers. i think politically he's in a very difficult situation. >> barak ravid, thanks very much for joining us. let's get u.s. perspective. michael o'hanlon is joining us right now, the director of research at the brookings institute here in washington and also the author of "bending history," a book on president obama's foreign policy. what's going on right here in the united states? how should the united states be dealing with this escalating crisis in jerusalem right now, michael? >> hi, wolf. i think first of all we have to always in this sort of a situation stand by the country with innocent civilians. that's true of palestinians as well as israelis. at the moment, we have to express our deep condolences for what began this. it's a very sad day for the israeli public. but it's a very sad period in general for these two peoples. and i think we have to emphatically say as our second course of business, get back to the peace process. there's really no alternative but a two-state solution a

binyamin netanyahu hit back blaming mahmoud abbas. >> translation: these steps include reenforsments of forces on the ground across the country to ensure your safety. demolition of attackers homes a firstly hand. fire crackers and all kinds of petrol bombs, finding the parents of a stone-throwing, outlawing, as well as other steps. >> joining us to discuss the recent violence, our ambassador, former israeli consule general and advisor to israeli's mabar abbing, and an executive director of the jerusalem fund joins us. it is good to have you with us. youcef - after prime minister binyamin netanyahu spoke on tuesday, you tweeted sarcastically "sure to fix things", i assume you think he's fanning the flames. >> obviously. the reason you are seeing what you are seeing today is because of a problem that lies at the foundation of all of this, and that is the ongoing israeli occupation of palestinian territory. the denial of self-discrimination of palestinians, and the situation that palestinians have been dealing with for the past 66 years. so the - you know, the israeli prime minister's p